Yeongdong District Crackdown on Illegal Advertisements

Yeongdong District Office (District Chief Choi Hee-soon) will conduct a comprehensive cleanup of illegal advertisements through the 25th as the distribution and posting of flyers and banners have increased in line with social sentiment fueled by the recent economic downturn.

The cleanup targets include not only illegal mobile advertisements such as banners, sandwich boards, and balloon air lights that obstruct traffic and pedestrian movement, but also obscene and indecent youth-harmful flyers that are indiscriminately distributed in major thoroughfares, commercial areas, and crowded public places. The district plans to conduct joint focused cleanup operations with related agencies and organizations.

A district official said, "We plan to collect advertisements from advertisers who do not comply with warnings during the cleanup period through nighttime special crackdowns," adding "We will take strong administrative measures including fines and criminal referrals."